Ah well. In 2013/14 Johnson produced the most freakish and frightening run of form that I've ever seen by any fast bowler. It was seriously scary stuff, and for 4 ridiculous months almost singlehandedly made Australia the best test side in the world. That sort of occasional brilliance also served to make his **** performances all the more hilarious. Great bloke too. Will genuinely miss him.

And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW

Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta

The timing of this is consistent with the inconsistency that he has shown through his career.

The next test,the first day/night with a pink ball, with possibility of the ball swinging and Johnson possibly being difficult to sight during the twilight period.
The team planning for the summer would have had Johnson and Starc as the key bowlers in that test.
Then a series of games against a weak WI team.
The advertising for the summer has featured Johnson.

But
He has given us that glorious purple patch of fearsome fast bowling which will live in cricket's history.

When we are old men and the young folk are saying that the bowlers of the past could not have been as quick as those of the current day, we will say we saw Mitchell Johnson.